Gibbon Falls
by Sharon Elliott
Title
Gibbon Falls
Artist
Sharon Elliott
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Gibbon Falls is along the drive from the Old Faithful area of Yellowstone National Park to the Norris area of North Yellowstone. This ride along the Gibbon Canyon is a beatuiful drive that takes you past the Beryl Spring area and Artist's Paint Pots Trail. The Gibbon River cuts it's way through what was a massive lava flow of Rhyolit and welded ash. At this point the river takes an 84-foot tumble, forming this spectacular scene; Gibbon Falls.
This water actually falls over the rim of the Yellowstone Caldera; the rock wall on the other side of the road is a portion of the caldera's inner rim, it's formation dating back 640,000 years.
Information gathered from: Yellowstone Official Guide; Erwin and Peggy Bauer
Uploaded
February 4th, 2013
Statistics
Viewed 754 Times - Last Visitor from Fairfield, CT on 04/19/2024 at 8:40 AM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
Similar Images
Comments (27)
Edward Fielding
Beautiful falls, I don't recall seeing this on my trips to Yellowstone. Then again our guide is a fly fishing nut so it must not be a good fishing spot! v
Sharon Elliott replied:
That must be it.....I know almost ZERO about fly fishing....but what I recall from what I have seen....it hasn't happened near falls. What do I know??? Thanks for visit and vote. SE
Recently Viewed
